Combined trunk and dressing-case



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W. BURKMAN. COMBINED TRUNK AND DRESSING CASE. No. 506,033,. PatentedOct. 3,1893.

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TACOMA, WASHINGTON.

COMBINED TRUN'KAND DRESSING-CASE. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 506,033, dated October3, 1893.

Application filed February 8, 1893.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALFRID BURKMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tacoma, Pierce county, State of Washington, haveinvented anImprovement in a Combined Trunk and Dressing-Case; andI hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same.

Myinvention relates to the class of apparel cases, and especially to thesub-class of traveling trunks or cabinets.

It consists in the novel constructions and combinations hereinafterfully described and specifically claimed, whereby I am enabled toprovide a combined .trunk and dressing case.

The object of my invention is to make a traveling trunk anddressing-case combined, in which everything placed in the same caneasily be found without disturbing articles not wanted, and at the sametime have a cheaply constructed, light, durable, and strong trunk.

By adopting the end position-for the trunk, when in use, it occupies thesmallest possible space, and by having a stand for it to revolve on, itcan be placed in a corner of a room, out of way, and the person using itwill have convenient access to the different compartments, by turningthe trunk around upon its stand.

The device, as here shown, is of a cylindrical shape, as that shapepossesses several advantages, among which are that it can be madecheaper, stronger and lighter; but it is evident that a trunk madesquare, or any other shape, will serve a good part of my invention,namely, that articles placed in it can be kept separated, and made easyto find, and provision made for hanging outer garments. I do not,therefore, herein, confine myself wholly to the cylindrical shape,except in so far as the special peculiarities of construc-'. tionincident upon said shape are concerned.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for amore complete explanation ofmy invention,-Figure 1 is a perspective View of mycombined trunk anddressing case, showing it upended and serving as a dressing. case. Fig.2 is a vertical section. Fig. 3 is a part horizontal section. Fig. 4 isa plan of the hinge.

To make the trunk there are two solid hot- Serial No. 461,516. (Nomodeh)BA, to which the Wall or. shell B is attached. Within .the trunk is one(or more) longitudinal partitions O the whole length of the inside ofthe trunk, forming a compartment or compartments for hanging up outerclothes. There are also one or more shelves or cross partitions D, andto both the longitudinal compartment and the shelves, access is had bydoors a in the shell. I can put drawers in if I see fit.

E are metallic circumferential bands on the inside of the trunk, tostrengthen the shell and doors, and these bands are cut for the dooropenings, and are bent outwardly at their severed ends, as shown at e,extending the thickness of the material of the shell of the trunk anddoors. These ends are bent because the bands are made from a thinmaterial, and when the doors are locked, the ends will abut together andnot miss each other, so that the different pieces or sections of eachband will constitute a whole ring, and sustain the walls or shell of thetrunk.

, On the ends A inside of the trunk, are two metallic bands F, which arewhole rings, and

overlap somewhat the door ends, as shown, and serve to sustain the sidesor walls of the trunk, as well as the ends of the doors. On the outsideof the trunk, there is a metallic band or ring G at each end. Thesebands extend over the sides of the trunk, to the plane of the ends'ofthe doors, and said end rings also extend over the ends of the trunk,and will thereby hold the ends to the sides.

H are strengthening cross-bars, extending over the ends,'and they caneither be attached to the rings G, or be made a part thereof. These twoend rings G are also connected with the parallel metallic strips I onthe outside of the trunk, and thus the trunk is held firmly togetheroutside, the parallel strips also protecting the body of the trunk.

The door hinges a are formed of adjacent longitudinal strips J securedto the outside of shell and door, and properly engaging. These strips Jconnect, top and bottom, the end rings G, and at the same time they areconnected with the inside bands E by screws or rivets j through thetrunk sides and doors. The doors have the parallel strips I in the samemanner as the solid sides of the trunk.

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They are attached to the doors and abut against the end rings G on thetrunk. On the free edge of the door is a strip K that extends over theedge. This strip is securely fastened to the door, and keeps it frombeing pushed in at this side.

The locks L attached to the doors on the inside are placed there to beprotected, and they are placed on or in connection with the inside bandsE, and so complete the connection of the same. Two or more locks areadapted to be operated by one key, and for this purpose any suitablemechanism may be employed.

In the compartment of the trunk intended for outer garments I haveplaced a series of rows of hooks L at or near the end. These hooks areintended to be made with a ring Z to close over, or other fastening orguard, the intention being that when the garment is hung and the trunkturned upside down the hanger of the garment shall remain on the hook.In order to keep the garments in position, either upside down orsidewise, I press the first hung garment against the longitudinalpartition 0, by means of rubber bands M, or other guard. More garmentsplaced in this compartment, are hung in like manner as the first,and'fastened, or held toward the first garments in same manner as thefirst garments are held against the partition 0, the intention beingthat if this clothes compartment be only partially filled, whatever isplaced there will be found in same position after the trunk had beenrolled and hauled around, as it was when first placed.

On the bottom end A of the trunk I make a socket-bearing N, preferablyat the intersection of the cross-bars H. This receives the pin 0 of thestand 0, upon which the trunk is mounted when in use as a dressing-case.The trunk rotates on this pin.

I make the stand afolding one as shown, because it can be made light andsmall, and placed inside the trunk, when traveling, and when spread out,it gives a large bearing for the trunk to rest on, and is stifl": andsolid.

The handles P in the trunk ends, I have made so as to close into theirrecesses 19 when not in use, and thus protect them from breaking. Whenpulled out they will assumea position at right angles to the trunk endand will be limited in this position by hearing against the frame pinwhich they are seated, and thus leave the hand free to carry the trunk.I use two spiral springs 10 wound around the inner bar of the handle orupon a connection between the two ends on which the handle oscillates.The two springs are wound right and left handed, one end of each of thesprings being attached to the frame 19, and on the side toward thetrunk, and the other end of each of the springs being attached to thehandle itself. Now, by pulling the handle out of the recess the springsare wound harder, so that when the handle is released, the spring pullsit into the recess positively.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A combined trunk and dressing-case consisting of a suitablyconstructed trunk body or shell having its interior divided intocompartments and doors afiording access to said compartments, said trunkhaving 1n one end a socket-bearing, in combination with a folding frameor stand having a pin upon which the socket-bearing fits, when the trunkis upended whereby the device may be rotated, substantially as hereindescribed.

2. A traveling trunk constructed of disk shaped ends and a cylindricalbody or shell, end ringsoverlappingandsecured to said ends and body, anda series of parallel strips secured longitudinally to the exterior ofsaid body and having their ends underlying and connected with the endrings, substantially as herein described.

3. A traveling trunk constructed of diskshaped ends and a cylindricalbody or shell with doors, end rings connecting the body and ends,circumferential bands on the interior of the body severed at the jointsof the doors and bent outwardly to abut against each other, and thehinge strips of the doors secured to the body and doors and rivetedthrough to the interior bands, substantially as herein described.

4. A combined trunk and dressing-case consisting of circular ends andacylindrical body with doors, said trunk being adapted to be upended andpivotally mounted to rotate, end rings securing the body to the ends,parallel longitudinalouter strips secured to the body and connecting theend rings, circumferential inner bands severed at the joints of thedoors and bent outwardly to abut, hinge strips secured to doors and bodyand riveted through to the interior bands, and partitions within thebody dividing it into compartments, sub stantially as herein described.

5. A traveling trunk and dressing case consisting of circular ends and acylindrical body with doors and compartments, said trunk adapted to besuspended and pivotally-mounted to rotate, end rings securing the bodyto the ends, parallel longitudinal strips secured to the body andconnecting the end rings, rows of hooks secured in one end of saidcompartment adapted to suspend the clothes in different layers and crossfastenings to hold each layer in place, substantially as hereindescribed.

. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

WALFRID BURKMAN. Witnesses:

WILLIAM W. ATES, A. O. STOWELL.

